Michigan State University Press and
the
Michigan State University Sesquicentennial Celebration,
1855-2005
Michigan State University Press Sesquicentennial
Books Mark a Milestone in M.S.U.'s History!
 "Celebrating
our sesquicentennial, we look back at just how far this university
has come in 150 years. From a small scientific agricultural
college among the fields on the outskirts of Lansing- a new
idea in higher education and uniquely American experiment -to
the world-class, globally-engaged powerhouse that we are today,
it's really been an amazing journey….like those who came
before us- those whose names we hear every day because they're
on the streets, the buildings and the land where we live and
work; names like Williams, Abbot, Snyder, Kedzie, Butterfield,
Shaw, Wharton, the legendary John Hannah, and all the rest-
we have a responsibility not only to those who are here today,
but those who will come after us. The vision and tireless efforts
of our predecessors helped make Michigan State University the
kind of place it is today. Ours must make it the place we want
it to be tomorrow."-
Lou Anna K. Simon, President
 Looking
Back
at Campus
Since
it began in 1855, Michigan State University has been an evolving
campus, a place of vistas and beautiful
gardens,
music and literature,
sports,
science, scholarly
achievement, memorable personal
histories, and the site of both controversial
events and discoveries.
The interweaving of these diversities contributes to making
M.S.U. an academic powerhouse of international
scale.
 Since
1855, M.S.U. has had six names:
Agricultural
College of the State of Michigan (1855);
State Agricultural College (1861);
Michigan Agricultural College (1909);
Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science
(1925);
Michigan State University of Agriculture and Applied Science
(1955); and
Michigan State University (1964).
 Michigan
State University was
•
founded in 1855 as the nation’s first land-grant
university;
• the
prototype for 69 land-grant institutions established under the
Morrill Act of 1862;
• first institution of higher
learning in the U.S. to teach scientific
agriculture; and
•
is on the National
Register of Historic Places&
State Register of
Historic Sites.
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